Word "DENSE" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
hard to pass through because of dense growth
Synonyms:
thick
Examples:
dense vegetation

Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
Synonyms:
dim, dull, dumb, obtuse, slow
Examples:
so dense he never understands anything I say to him

Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
Synonyms:
heavy, impenetrable
Examples:
dense smoke

Crossword Clues for DENSE

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Thick Poles in river (5)
Packed tightly LA Times Daily 19 Apr 2024
Thick part of a garden seat
Packed close together (5)
Thick scattering of seed around the end of the garden (5)
Compressed, thick
Thick, compact
Thick, as fog Newsday 20 Mar 2024
Tightly packed Wall Street Journal 18 Mar 2024
However stupid, one can see that private rooms have a key
Packed tightly Newsday 17 Mar 2024
Thick Mirror Classic 16 Mar 2024
Like lead or gold, notably New York Times 14 Mar 2024
Thick part of a wooden seat
Needs to be seen how thick it is!
Possibly needs to be thick (5)
The cardinal points to its lair where it's most thick
So stupid, it needs sorting out (5)
Thick (5) Puzzler 28 Feb 2024
Tightly packed Universal 27 Feb 2024
Thick part of a wooden seat (5)
Like rich brownies
Like bundt cake
Heavy poles in river (5)
Needs to turn thick Mirror Cryptic 14 Feb 2024
Compact Mirror Quick 14 Feb 2024
Some close to Sweden see a level of thickness (5)
Seen by 500 as being a bit thick
Needs a different mixture to make it thick
Points to its lair? Must be thick!
Thickheaded Commuter 28 Dec 2023
The points are on the wrong end, stupid! (5)
Like a thick jungle USA Today 23 Dec 2023
Hard to teach Commuter 20 Dec 2023
Like a London fog
Heavy section in garden seat The Sun Two Speed 14 Dec 2023
Impenetrable The Sun Two Speed 14 Dec 2023
Like a thick forest (anagram of "needs")
You must be thick! Needs change!
Closely-set poles blocking Scottish river (5)
Compact USA Today 24 Nov 2023
Tough to get into Newsday 18 Nov 2023
Tightly packed USA Today 31 Oct 2023
Impenetrable The Sun Two Speed 28 Oct 2023
Not too bright, duke seen wandering The Sun Two Speed 28 Oct 2023
Mentally slow New York Times 19 Oct 2023
Slow on the uptake LA Times Daily 12 Oct 2023
Like flourless cake USA Today 05 Oct 2023
Tightly packed USA Today 01 Oct 2023
Tightly packed Wall Street Journal 05 Sep 2023
Closely packed The Guardian Speedy 03 Sep 2023
Slow to catch on New York Times 03 Sep 2023
Like flourless chocolate cake LA Times Daily 01 Sep 2023
Like flourless cake New York Times 27 Aug 2023
Opposite of sparse New York Times 21 Aug 2023
Thick Thomas Joseph 03 Jul 2023
Thick, like a storm cloud
Jam-packed Premier Sunday 25 Jun 2023
Tightly packed Eugene Sheffer 26 May 2023
Retreats before smoke finally becomes impenetrable The Times Cryptic 16 May 2023
Tightly packed with trees, as a forest
Thick Premier Sunday 23 Apr 2023
Closely compacted The Guardian Speedy 23 Apr 2023
Tightly packed Newsday 17 Apr 2023
Thick The Telegraph Quick 08 Apr 2023
Tightly packed USA Today 06 Apr 2023
Like the element osmium New York Times 24 Mar 2023
Heavy, as a fog Newsday 01 Mar 2023
Thick, like fog Universal 25 Feb 2023
Like a neutron star New York Times 09 Feb 2023
Crowded Premier Sunday 05 Feb 2023
Like a thick forest
Pretty thick LA Times Daily 25 Jan 2023
Tightly packed Thomas Joseph 19 Jan 2023
Like flourless cake New York Times 21 Dec 2022
Closely crowded; stupid The Times Concise 15 Dec 2022
Tightly packed Newsday 29 Nov 2022
Thick The Guardian Quick 28 Nov 2022
Like dumbbells New York Times 27 Nov 2022
Tightly packed Eugene Sheffer 19 Nov 2022
Slow on the uptake New York Times 15 Nov 2022
Tightly compressed Newsday 13 Nov 2022
Thick The Telegraph Quick 08 Nov 2022
None too smart Thomas Joseph 19 Oct 2022
Not the brightest — studies English! The Times Cryptic 19 Oct 2022
Opposite of fluffy, for a cake USA Today 30 Sep 2022
Thick headed Canadiana 26 Sep 2022
Tightly packed USA Today 20 Sep 2022
Like osmium and iridium Universal 10 Sep 2022
Thick The Telegraph Quick 08 Aug 2022
Packed LA Times Daily 30 Jul 2022
Tightly packed Thomas Joseph 29 Jul 2022
Compact Universal 08 Jul 2022
Tightly packed Wall Street Journal 02 Jul 2022
Tightly packed Wall Street Journal 06 Jun 2022
Impenetrable The Telegraph Quick 19 May 2022
Tightly packed The Washington Post 17 May 2022
Tightly packed LA Times Daily 17 May 2022
Thick The Telegraph Quick 03 May 2022
Packed tightly Universal 26 Apr 2022
Like flourless cake LA Times Daily 24 Apr 2022
Like flourless cake The Washington Post 24 Apr 2022
Close-packed Wall Street Journal 12 Apr 2022
Heavily populated Universal 01 Apr 2022
Thick, as fog Newsday 23 Mar 2022
Tightly packed USA Today 10 Mar 2022
Closely packed USA Today 28 Feb 2022
Slow-witted Thomas Joseph 17 Feb 2022
Slow-witted Thomas Joseph 10 Feb 2022
Hard to get through ... or get through to The Washington Post 03 Feb 2022
Hard to get through ... or get through to LA Times Daily 03 Feb 2022
Tightly packed Eugene Sheffer 28 Jan 2022
Tightly packed USA Today 23 Jan 2022
Tightly packed Thomas Joseph 07 Jan 2022
Like flourless cake USA Today 06 Jan 2022
___ fog advisory USA Today 12 Dec 2021
Slow-witted Thomas Joseph 02 Dec 2021
Tightly packed New York Times 23 Nov 2021
Tightly packed Thomas Joseph 01 Nov 2021
Closely compacted Newsday 21 Oct 2021
Heavy, as fog Newsday 17 Oct 2021
Tightly compressed Newsday 27 Sep 2021
Like a thick forest?
Tightly packed Newsday 30 Aug 2021
Slow on the uptake Wall Street Journal 25 Aug 2021
Jam-packed Newsday 22 Aug 2021
Thick The Telegraph Quick 10 Aug 2021
Fog modifier LA Times Daily 08 Aug 2021
Fog modifier The Washington Post 08 Aug 2021
Junglelike New York Times 23 Jul 2021
Tightly packed Thomas Joseph 20 Jul 2021
Thick, as fog LA Times Daily 28 Jun 2021
Thick, as fog The Washington Post 28 Jun 2021
Thickly packed Universal 28 Jun 2021
Thick as a brick
Thick, as fog Newsday 25 May 2021
Thick, like fog
Thickly packed Newsday 03 May 2021
Closely compacted The Sun Two Speed 01 May 2021
Slow-witted duke seen dancing The Sun Two Speed 01 May 2021
Very compact USA Today 24 Apr 2021
Like a thick fog USA Today 14 Apr 2021
Slow-witted Thomas Joseph 08 Apr 2021
Impenetrable New York Times 25 Feb 2021
Highly concentrated Newsday 05 Feb 2021
Tightly packed Thomas Joseph 27 Jan 2021
Like a thick forest
Fog word The Washington Post 23 Jan 2021
Fog word LA Times Daily 23 Jan 2021
Very thick USA Today 07 Jan 2021
Packed in like sardines Universal 05 Jan 2021
Closely compacted USA Today 31 Dec 2020
Impenetrable Newsday 24 Dec 2020
Tightly packed USA Today 09 Dec 2020
Like a thick forest
Like some forests and fog New York Times 13 Nov 2020
Crowded closely together The Times Concise 09 Nov 2020
__ fog LA Times Daily 31 Oct 2020
__ fog The Washington Post 31 Oct 2020
Slow to understand Democrat, unable to relax, blowing top
Thick The Washington Post 15 Oct 2020
Thick LA Times Daily 15 Oct 2020
Jam-packed Newsday 05 Oct 2020
Tightly packed New York Times 29 Sep 2020
Thick and tightly packed Family Time 28 Sep 2020
Thick Universal 27 Aug 2020
Concentrated Premier Sunday 23 Aug 2020
Tightly packed Eugene Sheffer 11 Aug 2020
Compact Wall Street Journal 03 Aug 2020
Thick, like fog The Washington Post 21 Jul 2020
Thick, like fog LA Times Daily 21 Jul 2020
Like lush forests The Washington Post Sunday 12 Jul 2020
Crowded or compact The Telegraph Quick 05 Jul 2020
''Infinite'' descriptor of black holes Newsday 05 Jul 2020
Thick, like heavy fog
Like thick fog Universal 05 Jun 2020
Like pea-soup fog The Washington Post 04 May 2020
Like pea-soup fog LA Times Daily 04 May 2020
Packed Jonesin 28 Apr 2020
Thick, in more ways than one Wall Street Journal 14 Apr 2020
Tightly packed Newsday 31 Mar 2020
Like a thick jungle
Jam-packed LA Times Daily 03 Mar 2020
Jam-packed The Washington Post 03 Mar 2020
Thick The Telegraph Quick 12 Feb 2020
None too smart Thomas Joseph 28 Dec 2019
Like thick fog The Washington Post 16 Dec 2019
Like thick fog LA Times Daily 16 Dec 2019
Compact USA Today 11 Dec 2019
Packed tightly Newsday 04 Dec 2019
Not exactly Mensa material USA Today 29 Nov 2019
Stupid duke seen off The Sun Two Speed 17 Nov 2019
Like urban population USA Today 07 Nov 2019
Thick Premier Sunday 03 Nov 2019
Like urban populations USA Today 31 Oct 2019
Like flourless cakes Universal 25 Oct 2019
Tightly packed Universal 23 Oct 2019
Cement-headed USA Today 17 Oct 2019
Thick, compact or crowded Irish Times Simplex 10 Oct 2019
Like urban population The Washington Post 05 Oct 2019
Like urban population LA Times Daily 05 Oct 2019
Thickheaded New York Times 09 Sep 2019
Heavy, as fog Newsday 02 Sep 2019
Closely clustered Universal 02 Sep 2019
Dumb as a rock USA Today 25 Aug 2019
Closely packed
Highly populous Newsday 26 Jul 2019
Crowded or tightly packed Family Time 23 Jun 2019
Crowded Universal 12 Apr 2019
Not too bright, duke seen wandering The Sun Two Speed 30 Mar 2019
Old penny dreadful seen as impenetrable
Concentrated Newsday 23 Feb 2019
Thick section in garden seat
Closely packed LA Times Daily 11 Feb 2019
Closely packed The Washington Post 11 Feb 2019
Thick, like heavy fog
Like pea-soup fog USA Today 24 Jan 2019
Closely packed
Closely clustered
Crowded
Like flourless cakes
Thick
Thickheaded
Thick
Like urban populations
Like pea-soup fog
Dumb as a rock
Cement-headed
Like urban population
Slow on the uptake USA Today 30 Dec 2018
Like platinum The Washington Post Sunday 25 Nov 2018
Thick Thomas Joseph 06 Nov 2018
Tightly packed LA Times Daily 21 Oct 2018
Tightly packed The Washington Post 21 Oct 2018
Slow on the uptake Wall Street Journal 04 Oct 2018
Slow on the uptake The Washington Post 18 Sep 2018
Slow on the uptake LA Times Daily 18 Sep 2018
Closely spaced poles in river The Telegraph Cryptic 28 Aug 2018
Like a thick forest
Dumb as a box of rocks USA Today 17 Aug 2018
Heavy, as a fog Newsday 18 Jul 2018
Closely crowded together in studies, we hear
Very compact Universal 11 May 2018
Solid The Telegraph Quick 06 May 2018
Like a thick forest
Closely packed The Times Concise 03 May 2018
Stupid New York Times 30 Mar 2018
Crammed Newsday 30 Mar 2018
When components are closely placed
Dimwitted Wall Street Journal 27 Feb 2018
Jammed Newsday 27 Jan 2018
Packed tight Universal 03 Jan 2018
Not too smart
Slow on the uptake
Slow on the uptake
Dumb as a box of rocks
Slow on the uptake
Very compact
Stupid
Packed tight
Tightly packed
Not getting it LA Times Daily 21 Dec 2017
Compact and tight together Universal 21 Dec 2017
Not getting it The Washington Post 21 Dec 2017
Tightly compressed Newsday 21 Nov 2017
Thick, impenetrable Irish Times Simplex 31 Aug 2017
Like mercury The Washington Post Sunday 27 Aug 2017
Thick as a brick Newsday 17 Aug 2017
Closely compacted The Times Concise 04 Aug 2017
Closely packed Universal 15 Jun 2017
Crammed in Newsday 28 May 2017
Not too quick on the uptake New York Times 12 Apr 2017
Thick Wall Street Journal 03 Apr 2017
Packed closely
Not the brightest bulb on the Christmas tree New York Times 02 Jan 2017
Like thickets LA Times Daily 02 Jan 2017
Not too quick on the uptake
Not the brightest bulb on the Christmas tree
Compact and tight together
Not getting it
Like thick fog
Like thickets
Closely packed
11 Angle needs to be obtuse
Girl one leaves is thick
Packed tightly Universal 27 Nov 2016
With a high mass-to-volume ratio The Washington Post 24 Nov 2016
Bubbleheaded The Washington Post 12 Nov 2016
None too bright Wall Street Journal 04 Nov 2016
Hard to see through, as fog Universal 31 Oct 2016
Studies English? Foolish The Telegraph Cryptic 27 Oct 2016
Thick studies finally complete
Jam-packed USA Today 16 Sep 2016
Difficult to get through Universal 22 Jul 2016
Like a pea-soup fog USA Today 14 Jul 2016
Crowded LA Times Daily 09 Jul 2016
Blockheaded New York Times 19 Jun 2016
Compact; stupid The Telegraph Quick 05 Jun 2016
Like heavy fog USA Today 03 Jun 2016
One burrito shy of a combo plate The Washington Post 26 May 2016
Impenetrable studies before end of course The Telegraph Cryptic 06 Apr 2016
Complex LA Times Daily 02 Apr 2016
Thick; stupid The Telegraph Quick 14 Mar 2016
Not very bright Wall Street Journal 24 Feb 2016
Unable to get it, say New York Times 31 Jan 2016
Tightly packed The Telegraph Quick 31 Jan 2016
Slow to catch on The Washington Post 08 Jan 2016
Slow on the uptake New York Times 06 Jan 2016
Like a pea-soup fog
Crowded
Difficult to get through
Hard to see through, as fog
Unable to get it, say
Slow on the uptake
Blockheaded
Not exactly Mensa material
Like heavy fog
Jam-packed
None too brainy The Washington Post 02 Dec 2015
Closely crowded together Universal 11 Nov 2015
Close together The Sun Two Speed 30 Oct 2015
Needs unusual compact The Sun Two Speed 30 Oct 2015
Not too bright Wall Street Journal 15 Oct 2015
Compacted USA Today 12 Oct 2015
Closely spaced or extremely stupid Irish Times Simplex 15 Aug 2015
None too bright LA Times Daily 28 Jul 2015
Blockheaded Jonesin 26 May 2015
Like a blockhead Universal 23 May 2015
Close-packed USA Today 29 Jan 2015
Like a neutron star New York Times 11 Jan 2015
Hard to hack a path through
Impenetrable
Jam-packed
Tightly packed
None too bright
Packed tightly
Thick crowd
Close-packed
Compacted
Tightly packed
Not too bright
Like a neutron star
A few players short of a team
None too brainy
Thick as a brick
Closely crowded together
Not very bright, but studies English
Hard to get through to
Dumb as a box of rocks
A few bits short of a byte
A few fries short of a Happy Meal
Overgrown, as a rain forest
Not the brightest bulb on the tree
Packed in tight
Like crowd at big show
Thickly packed
Heavy, as fog
Compact
Like Archie's pal Moose
Not Mensa material
Having a high specific gravity
Thick
Crowded
Like pea-soup fog
Slow on the uptake
Thick in a couple of ways
Tightly packed
Not sparse
Slow-witted
Hard to get through to
Like a thicket
Slow on the uptake
Like some populations
Like a thicket
Not at all sharp
Thickly packed
Crowd at big show
Thickheaded
Like thick audience
Thick, as fog
Bubble-headed
Crammed
Not the sharpest tool in the shed
Thickly packed
Hard to get through
Like a copse
Like dunderheads
Not getting it
Not so swift on the uptake
Thick, like fog
Slow on the uptake
Thick as a brick
Thick, like fog
Tough to get through
Packed with ideas, as an essay
Thickly populated
Concentrated
Like a dumbbell
Practically impenetrable
Like a black hole
Guolaugur Ottarsson: "___ Time"
Packed
Sold-out show
Slow on the uptake
Thickly populated
Like depleted uranium
None too quick on the uptake
Slow to catch on
A few bricks shy of a load
None too swift
Slow to catch on
Like urban populations
Hard to get through to
Crowded together
Crowded
Jam-packed
Thickheaded
Like urban populations
Not sparse
Hard to get through to
Thick
Really crammed in
Like heavy fog
Slow on the uptake
Like heavy fog
Like a thicket
Tough to get through to
Like some fog
Hard to see through
Slow to understand
Concentrated
Thickly populated
Not at all sharp
Slow-witted
A few bricks shy of a load
Highly concentrated
Tough to get through to
None too bright
Not the sharpest pencil in the box
Not very sharp
Obtuse
Thickheaded
Like a pea-soup fog
Like some fog
Hard to see through
Tightly packed
Thickheaded
Like thickets
Crammed
Cement-headed
Slow
Crowded
Thick as a brick
Far from 22-Down
Overgrown
Packed
A little on the slow side
Not too bright
Slow
Not too bright
Jam-packed
Not sparse
Obtuse
Like urban populations
Hard to get through
Doltish
Doltish
Like pea-soup fog
Thick
Concentrated
Hard to penetrate
Thick
Jam-packed
Very thick
Compact
Like a pea-soup fog
Thickheaded
Not bright
Dunderheaded
None too swift
Hardly sparse
Hardly suited for 57-Across
Rearranged needs?
Concentrated
Highly concentrated
Slow-witted
Like a copse
Slow-witted
None too bright
Closely compacted
Hardly Mensa material
Hardly Mensa material
Slow-witted
Thick as a brick
Hardly suited for Mensa
Hard to get through to
Hard to penetrate
Thick
Dimwitted
Hard to penetrate
Dull
Slow on the uptake
Stupid
Doltish
Stupid
Like rain forests
Thickheaded
Stupid
Like rain forests
Slow
No Einstein
Like osmium, more than any other known element
Thickheaded
Like a thicket
Hard to penetrate
Obtuse
Needs another way?
Like lead
Not the sharpest knife in the drawer
Tough to get through to
Tightly packed
Short on sharpness
Not too bright
Impenetrable
Not very quick
Not exactly a genius
Slow-witted
Not bright
None too swift
Thickly populated
None too brainy
Impenetrable
Tough to get through to
No rocket scientist
Firmly packed
Not too swift
Dimwitted
Not the sharpest tack
Thickheaded
Compact
Like London fogs
Compact
Tightly packed
Thick as a brick
Obtuse
Unintelligent
Compact
Congested
Obtuse
Compact
Compact
Not too astute
Not the brightest bulb on the tree
Crowded
Like some fogs
Slow-witted
Thick
Like a rain forest
Like pea soup fog
Hardly qualified to be a rocket scientist
Not too bright
Tightly packed
Thickheaded
Slow on the uptake
Like a blockhead
Compact
Thick
Not the brightest bulb on the tree
Mush-headed
Dunderheaded
A few bricks shy of a load
Like a rain forest
Compacted
Closely packed
Dim-witted
Thickheaded
Like Archie's pal Moose
Close-packed
Not too bright
Dimwitted
Not too bright
Slow-witted
Blockish
Cement-headed
Like a rainforest
Hard to penetrate
Crowded
Dunderheaded
Slow to catch on
Slow-witted
Stupid
Not at all apt
Packed tight
Not bright
Opaque
Thick or slow-witted
Thick-headed
Thickheaded
Slow
Not too swift
None too brainy
Impenetrable
Not too astute
Hard to penetrate
Crammed
Thick-headed
None too swift
Obtuse
Dim-witted
Compact
Thickset
Not very swift
Tightly packed
Dull
Thickly populated
Opaque
Meatheaded
Foggy
Populous
Dumb
Like Jupiter's atmosphere
Slow-witted
Thick-headed
Like a numbskull
Thickset
Thickly packed
Serried
Chuckleheaded
Like a thicket
Closely packed
Like a blockhead
Close
Hard to penetrate
Like some forests
Slow to catch on
Stupid.
Word for a jungle.
Packed.
Compact.
Obtuse.
Thick.
Impenetrable.
Close.
Obscure.
Having high opacity.
Foggy, as atmosphere.
Thickheaded.
Crass.
Of high specific gravity.
Luxuriant.
Not so bright.
Congested.
Opaque.
Not bright
Incredibly thick
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